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We get lots of questions about the products we sell. It's nice when we have the perfect answer. (Yes, it happens often.) Recently a mail handler sent us a note. Actually it was an email, so we'll withhold her name in case she gets in trouble with the snail mail police. At her job she deals with parcels, letters, and large envelopes mainly, but dabbles in crates and tubes. Wait, is a tube a parcel? I don't know. She's the expert in mail. We're the experts in gloves. She wrote: "LOVE t …

Gloves are sometimes difficult for the layperson to locate online if they don't know the exact name of the glove they are looking for. The reason is partly because the glove nomenclature is tough to figure out if you're not a glove manufacturer or a safety expert. To help sort it all out we'll try to explain one of the most popular categories and provide links to the different types of gloves we carry here at PK Safety. The String Knit Safety Gloves category features some of the m …

There are a thousand type of work gloves on the market these days. Gloves for highly specialized manufacturing and general assembly, and gloves to keep you from developing calluses on your hands while digging a hole. Sometimes they work and sometimes they don't. The more you know about gloves, the easier it is to find the one that will work best for the type of work you do. The first thing to think about when choosing the right glove is to identify the kind of hazards you are exposed to …

Not long ago we welcomed a new glove into our product offering. Meet the Maxi-Flex Ultimate Nitrile Coated Glove by G-Tek, coveted for its fantastic abrasion resistance. Even in this technological age, a lot of folks still need to get their hands dirty. It’s best to have the right pair of gloves for these kinds of jobs and few are better than the Maxi-Flex Ultimate Nitrile Coated Glove by G-Tek. No single pair of gloves is perfectly suited for every job and it can be tough to figu …